ROB LINDMAN

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

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lipservice tts engine

'lipservice' is the world's first text-to-speech engine developed entirely using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.

The system is a limited-vocabulary concatenated wave system with presently a nearly 2000 word vocabulary. The sounds for the voice were recorded from an older computer system.

The current voice is a male 'quasi-robot' and as yet does not recognize prosodic factors. Three other 'quasi-robot' voice modules are nearly prepared for inclusion in a later release, as well as a human female voice.

Current Version

The current version of the product is an alpha release. While the program does function, not all capabilities are accessible and development is not yet complete. Certain features may not work or may cause the program to fail.

At present the product is available as a self contained desktop application. It is important to note that the system is set to be redeveloped dramatically in the near future into incarnations with wider usage capabilities.

Licensing Terms

Licensing terms for inclusion in third-party products are presently under consideration. If you would like to include this product on a compilation CD, another website, or any other media, please join the mailing list and use the contact feature to send an email.

Licensing terms for source code and associated research materials are also under consideration. If you are interested in providing assistance developing the product, or if you would like to sublicense the source code rights for your own product, please join the mailing list and use the contact feature to send an email.

end user license agreement

Use of this product is subject to the terms of the End User License Agreement posted on this website. Please read the EULA before you download or install the software product.

download instructions

To install the product, you will need a computer with a recent version of Microsoft Windows and the latest version of the Visual Basic runtime.

Memory and system requirements for this product have not been established.

Once you have verified that your computer meets the above requirements, click either the button to the left or the link below, then select 'Save As'. Select a location on your computer to place the file. Once the download has completed, you can launch the program from the location you selected.